These hips are big hips
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top
Site with this poem and others by Lucille Clifton: poetry by Clifton
Herbert Lewis
Dancing Woman
c. 1965
Homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton
These hips are big hips
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top
Site with this poem and others by Lucille Clifton: poetry by Clifton
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